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- From: chased@rbbb.Eng.Sun.COM (David Chase)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: Rating of gcc in Unix Review
- Keywords: Unix Review C Compiler test rate evaluate gcc GNU 1.40 2.0
- Message-ID: <l7gpipINNjp6@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 21:59:53 GMT
- References: <156eo7INN6d3@betty.cs.widener.edu> <29JUL199218375075@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul29.231411.27588@chpc.utexas.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul29.231411.27588@chpc.utexas.edu> jonathan@chpc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Thornburg) writes:
- >Note that Unix Review tested gcc 1.40, *not* the new gcc 2.0.
- >This may account for their finding that gcc generated worse code
- >than Sun's C.
-
- I agree with this (i.e., all that I know indicates that gcc 2.0 is a
- better compiler than gcc 1.40), BUT, be careful to match FCS with FCS
- and beta-test with beta-test. Also, don't discount the possibility
- that Sun's C compiler might generally be faster. We're not stupid
- here, after all -- if we couldn't turn out better compilers (in the
- opinion of some number of compiler customers), we'd all go do
- something else.
-
- (I'd ask to see your benchmarks on which gcc beats Sun's cc, but since
- I'm not certain I could return the favor (and it IS a favor) you
- shouldn't bother unless it particularly suits your mood.)
-
- David Chase
- Sun
-